Press Releases

The 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held in Madrid, Spain from 2-13 December 2019 under the Presidency of Chile. The Bhutanese delegation to the High-Level Segment of the COP25 is led by Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor, Minister of Agriculture and ...

Situation in Assam has become volatile and a curfew has been imposed. Bhutanese travelers are advised not to travel until the situation improves.

  The Royal Government of Bhutan observed the 35th SAARC Charter Day on 9th December, 2019 with the lighting of thousand butter lamps at Changangkha Lhakhang in Thimphu.   Hon’ble Foreign Minister Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Senior officials of the Royal Government along with ...

MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF 35TH SAARC CHARTER DAY ON 8 DECEMBER 2019 As we commemorate the 35th SAARC Charter Day, it is indeed my great pleasure to convey the warmest greetings and felicitations of the people and the Royal Government of Bhutan to the people of South Asia on ...

Foreign Secretary Kinga Singye is in New York attending the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) for the Decade 2014-2024. The Review is held under the auspices of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly ...

The Second Bhutan-India Development Cooperation Talks for the 12th Five Year Plan(FYP) was held in New Delhi on Friday, 29th November 2019. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Mr. Kinga Singye, Foreign Secretary, and included senior officials from Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Health, Works & Human Settlement, Education; the ...

The Second Bhutan-India Development Cooperation Talks for the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) between the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and the Government of India (GoI) is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Friday, 29th November 2019. The Bhutanese delegation will be led by Foreign Secretary Kinga Singye, ...

Call on H.E. Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs by H.E. Mr. Nadir Patel, Ambassador of Canada to Bhutan; Mr. David Hartman, Director General, South Asia Bureau, Global Affairs Canada and delegation.Bhutan and Canada held the first biennial consultations today in Thimphu.

Press Release on the First Bhutan-Canada Biennial Consultations The First Biennial Consultations between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of Canada was held in Thimphu, on 25th November 2019, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism between the two Foreign Ministries, ...

Visit to India by H.E. (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, from 17 to 23 November 2019 H.E. Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited India from 17 to 23 November 2019 at the invitation of H.E. Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs, Government of India. ...